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1LT Gardner Van Etten Plain

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1LT Gardner Van Etten Plain Veteran

Birth
Ransomville, Niagara County, New York, USA
Death
15 Aug 1942 (aged 30)
Peru, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Cambria, Niagara County, New York, USA GPS-Latitude: 43.211128, Longitude: -78.848488
Memorial ID
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U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): # O-322262


Gardner V. Plain is listed as Died Non-Battle in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Niagara County, New York.


One of the victims of a plane crash that killed 16 U.S. Army paratroopers at Garnet Peak near Peru, Massachusetts. A Douglas C-53 transport plane carrying 19 U.S. Army paratroopers were returning from a night jumping training mission and heading for Providence, Rhode Island when the crash occurred.


Parents were Dr. John Corliss Plain (1876-1961) and Cyrene Molyneux (1879-1937). Married Eleanor Sophia Lare on April 16, 1942 in Hamburg, New York.


***I would like to thank Jay Nath Find A Grave ID 49465708 for adding his gravesite photos and additional information to this memorial***


***I would like to thank Ken Lamont Find A Grave ID 47770005 for linking family members to this memorial***

U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): # O-322262


Gardner V. Plain is listed as Died Non-Battle in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Niagara County, New York.


One of the victims of a plane crash that killed 16 U.S. Army paratroopers at Garnet Peak near Peru, Massachusetts. A Douglas C-53 transport plane carrying 19 U.S. Army paratroopers were returning from a night jumping training mission and heading for Providence, Rhode Island when the crash occurred.


Parents were Dr. John Corliss Plain (1876-1961) and Cyrene Molyneux (1879-1937). Married Eleanor Sophia Lare on April 16, 1942 in Hamburg, New York.


***I would like to thank Jay Nath Find A Grave ID 49465708 for adding his gravesite photos and additional information to this memorial***


***I would like to thank Ken Lamont Find A Grave ID 47770005 for linking family members to this memorial***



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